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1. La Belle

   “La Belle” is a kinetic poem created by Philippe Bootz in 1989. Published in the review alire 2, it was later transferred into the anthology Le salon de lecture électronique in 1994. The poem itself is a brief program that is presented in several parts. That is to say, the poem seems to be cut into strophes: a preliminary strophe that introduces the poem, a sequence of lines that appear and disappear quickly in the center of the screen that make up the second part of the poem, and the third strophe that is presented just after the first and second strophes. Yet, the third strophe changes a bit after the second strophe. Only the last line of the poem, “froid jusqu’au coeur,” is seen. This means of presenting the poem complicates the comprehension of its sense and thus creates a sentiment of distance from the poem. Moreover, the rapidity of the program is accentuated by the transfer software for technological reasons. Therefore, the feeling of isolation from the poem is augmented inadvertently by the software program. Despite all that, a meaning can be drawn from the poem so long as one knows how to slow down the program to be able to soak it in.

   Jonathan Baillehache - 16.09.2014 - 05:18

2. Voies de fait

   « Voies de fait » de Jean-Marie Dutey se sert de la sensation de déprise chez le lecteur pour exprimer un fort message politique. Le lecteur a un rôle physique et direct dans le poème. Comme dans les jeux vidéos le lecteur se déplace à travers le poème avec les flèches directionnelle sur le clavier. L’avatar qui représente le lecteur court entre ou sur les strophes, qui sont arrangées en bloques. Au début il semble que les strophes continuent jusqu’à l’infini. Il n’y a qu’une strophe en bleu—les autres sont en gris—pour donner des indices. Il y a cinq colonnes et cinq rangs de strophes. À chaque direction elles se répètent, alors si on commence à la strophe bleue et qu’on part vers la droite, on verra quatre strophes de plus et puis encore la strophe bleue avec les strophes suivantes. Voilà le texte complet (en commençant avec la strophe bleue) : VIVRE HEROS C’EST GRAND ARMEE OBEIR TIEDE IDIOT FRERE VERTE A CET QUE L‘ JE NE IBM QUE L’ ORDRE ENFER BANDE FERME ECHEC ENFIN CACHE PLUS ! L’ŒIL GAGNE C’EST CIVIL CRANE HEIGE BOIRE GRAVE CIBLE FENDU BLEUE L’AIR QUAND OTAGE PAR L’ SUR L’ QUAND TU ES D’UNE ACIER ECRAN L’EAU MORT ?

   Alexandra Martin - 17.11.2014 - 03:08

3. Poemstar

   A poem generator that was distributed on Art Com Electronic Network (ACEN) starting in late 1989 and for at least a couple of years following this. PoemStar promised to do the following: - Make your very own files of verses, ideas, metaphors, associations, and seeds of innvovation. - Share your meme files within the ACEN and other Computer Integrated Art (CIA) networks. According to Kytöhonka's writings, during the first two months in late 1989 some 300 subscribers registered and started to use PoemStar. However, there are no known copies of the work as of May 2015. If you have any further information about this work, please contact Petri Kuljuntausta , a sound artist and sound historian who (as of May 2015) is working on a documentary film about early Finnish computer art.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 21.05.2015 - 10:45

4. The Atlas Group Archive

   Walid Raad's The Atlas Group Archive (1989-2004) is a transmedial, fictional 'archive' which supposedly encompasses donated testimonies on the war in Lebanon (1974-1991), including diary logs, photographs (some of which contain notes), and videos, archived on theatlasgroup.org. Apart from being published on the website, Raad's project has been exhibited in different galleries around the world.

   Hannah Ackermans - 29.11.2016 - 15:29

5. Sexing the Cherry

   Set in 17th century London, Sexing the Cherry is about the journeys of a mother, known as The Dog Woman, and her protégé, Jordan. They journey in a space-time flux: across the seas to find exotic fruits such as bananas and pineapples; and across time, with glimpses of "the present" and references to Charles I of England and Oliver Cromwell. The mother’s physical appearance is somewhat "grotesque". She is a giant, wrapped in a skirt big enough to serve as a ship’s sail and strong enough to fling an elephant. She is also hideous, with smallpox scars in which fleas live, a flat nose and foul teeth. Her son, however, is proud of her, as no other mother can hold a good dozen oranges in her mouth all at once. Ultimately, their journey is a journey in search of The Self. Sexing the Cherry is a postmodernist work and features many examples of intertextuality. 

   (Source: Wikipedia entry on Sexing the Cherry)

   Scott Rettberg - 02.10.2018 - 16:26

6. The Word Made Flesh

   The Word Made Flesh and its immediate predecessor, Through Light and the Alphabet, were both made as distinct formulations in response to theoretical issues in writing and ecriture. Both address the status of materiality in visual presentation of poetic work. Both are direct responses to the work of Jacques Derrida, and also, to the dictates and orthodoxies of many of the California Language Poets whose work and lives had been so intimately bound to mine. The typographic format of the Word Made Flesh was meant to trip the eye, return one constantly to the plane of discourse, of material production. I made this book, and Through Light and the Alphabet, out of complete love of letters. Probably more than any other of my books, these two are absolute celebrations of the beauty and expressive capability of type.

   (Source: Author's Project Statement)

   Ana Castello - 28.10.2018 - 13:10

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